Record as of Friday: 9-47

On Pace for: 26-136

Infamy Tracker: The Rockies keep making the 2024 White Sox, who set the modern record with 121 losses, look good. And Colorado’s awfulness extends back to last season: After getting swept by the Cubs at Wrigley Field this week, Colorado’s lost 21 straight series dating back to last September, the longest series losing streak in MLB history. The Rockies are also just the seventh team in the expansion era (since 1961) to be swept nine or more times through the first 18 series of a season. And the moldy cherry on top: If Colorado doesn’t pick it up, it’s on pace for the most losses in baseball history, surpassing the 1899 Cleveland Spiders’ 134 defeats in a 154-game season.

Where others were after 56 games: 2024 White Sox 15-41; 1962 Mets 16-40; 2003 Tigers 16-40; 1916 Athletics 16-39; 1935 Braves 17-39; 2018 Orioles 17-39; 2019 Tigers 22-34; 1904 Senators 10-46; 1899 Cleveland Spiders 10-46.

Telling statistics: Per Baseball Reference, just two Rockies players have accumulated 1.0 WAR or more this season: third baseman Ryan McMahon and right-handed reliever Jake Bird. The majority of the roster has 0.0 WAR or negative WAR. Seeing as WAR measures a player’s value by calculating how many more wins he’s worth than a replacement-level player, Colorado is essentially getting minor-league production from the vast majority of its roster.

Coming up: The Rockies head to Queens this weekend for a three-game series against the Mets, one of the National League’s best teams. Then they conclude their road trip with a three-game series in Miami — a chance to notch a series win against the third-worst team in the NL. After that, Colorado returns to LoDo for a six-game homestand against the Mets and Giants, who are playing well this year amid the stacked NL West.

Player to watch: Veteran southpaw Kyle Freeland, who’s been vocal about the team’s ineptitude over the past several seasons, is mired in a deep funk. At 0-7 with a 5.86 ERA in 11 starts, he’s one of two pitchers in the majors with at least 10 games started and no wins, and has gone 13 straight starts without a win dating back to last season. He’s allowed six or more hits in each of his last six starts, and isn’t getting help from his defense (four of his eight runs allowed in his last start against the Yankees were unearned) or his offense (he’s only gotten six total runs of support across his five road starts).